Doug Smith represents clients on regulatory and policy matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Energy (DOE). He also provides counsel on issues related to climate change, energy technology, and clean energy policy.
From 1997 to 2001, Doug served as General Counsel at the FERC, where he led regulatory policy initiatives on electricity, natural gas rates, pipeline certificates, and hydropower licensing reform. In his role as Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy at the DOE, he played key roles in the Department’s initiatives on electricity restructuring, the Climate Challenge Program, and energy efficiency standards.
Doug regularly speaks at conferences on energy regulatory issues and has served on the adjunct faculty at the George Washington University Law School, where he most recently taught a class on Energy and the Environment.
Doug serves as Co-Chair of Van Ness Feldman.